Fanny asks for a Connie doll like those of her friends, and when her mother says no, Fanny tries to make one for herself.

When Holly's family moves from the city to a farm, she longs to get a horse for her birthday. Based on events in the author's childhood.

A little toad braves the dangers of his small world to find his way to a garden where he is discovered by a little girl.

A simplified version of the traditional tale in which Hansel and Gretel become lost in the woods and find their way home despite an encounter with a wicked witch.